This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 1028 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1028 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which artists or group won the Grammy for Best R & B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1997, for their cover of a 1974 hit for Roberta Flack? A) Fugees. B) The Tony Rich Project. C) Rage Against the Machine. D) The Smashing Pumpkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fugees. 2. What is determined by the formula:pi multiplied by the radius squared and the perpendicular height divided by 3? A) Volume of a pyramid. B) Volume of a hemisphere. C) Volume of a cone. D) Volume of a cylinder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volume of a cone. 3. Who married Jay-Z in New York City on 4 April 2008? A) Jennifer Lopez. B) Kelly Rowland. C) LeToya Luckett. D) BeyoncΓ© Knowles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BeyoncΓ© Knowles. 4. Up until what Olympics was there a standing tradition to create mascots of national or regional significance for the host city or to events in the Olympics? A) 1996. B) 2012. C) 2020. D) 2006. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1996. 5. In American football, who stands behind the centre and calls the play? A) Halfback. B) Quarterback. C) Fullback. D) Behindback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quarterback. 6. What was the top selling song in 1940? A) Swinging On a Star. B) I'll Never Smile Again. C) Prisoner of Love. D) Riders in the Sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'll Never Smile Again. 7. What is found on a charcuterie board? A) Salad greens and pieces of fruit. B) Different cheeses. C) Pieces of cooked and /or cured meats. D) Breads. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pieces of cooked and /or cured meats. 8. Of these main rivers of Russia which has headwaters outside its borders? A) Ob. B) Yenisei. C) Lena. D) Vilyuy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yenisei. 9. What is the name for a mysteriously flattened area in a field? A) Crop circle. B) Wheat triangle. C) Maize maze. D) Cricket oval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crop circle. 10. The Cocos Islands are in which body of water? A) Indian Ocean. B) Caribbean Sea. C) Mediterranean Sea. D) Pacific Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian Ocean. 11. What is the name of a pipe originating in India and Persia where smoke passes from a bowl to a water bottle and thence by a tube to the mouth? A) Hoopla. B) Howdah. C) Howzat. D) Hookah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hookah. 12. What is the base of the Tunisian dessert dish known as asidet zgougou? A) Red grapes. B) Rose petals. C) Pine nuts. D) Duck eggs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pine nuts. 13. The character, Hetty, in the US TV series "NCIS:Los Angeles" is shown as having a Masters degree from the Sorbonne in what? A) Linguistics. B) Fine Arts. C) Computer Science. D) Film and Theatre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fine Arts. 14. When the Badminton World Federation was first formed in 1934 (initially as the International Badminton Federation) where was it located? A) Cheltenham, UK. B) Rouen, France. C) Toronto, Canada. D) Turin, Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheltenham, UK. 15. In heraldry, which of these terms describes a lion standing on its left rear paw and looking over its shoulder? A) Lion rampant. B) Lion regardant. C) Lion rampant gardant. D) Lion passant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lion regardant. 16. What car, intended as a competitor to the Ford Mustang, was unveiled at a press conference by Chevrolet on 12 September 1966? A) Camaro. B) Corvair. C) Cortina. D) Chevette. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Camaro. 17. Who directed the 2005 film "Munich" ? A) Terrence Malick. B) James Cameron. C) Steven Spielberg. D) Spike Lee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steven Spielberg. 18. Dancer and choreographer Neil Ieremia is the founder of which contemporary dance company? A) Movement of the Human. B) Atamira Dance Company. C) Okareka Dance Company. D) Black Grace Dance Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Black Grace Dance Company. 19. The Spittal Pond Nature Reserve is a home to what critically endangered animal? A) Bermuda Skink. B) Euso muehlenbergi (a spider). C) Malherbe's parakeet. D) Franklin's bumblebee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bermuda Skink. 20. The single rule of sudoku is what? A) To put a number in every box. B) To put the central square in checkmate. C) Each column, row and square must contain one each of the numbers 1 to 9. D) All the diagonals must add up to 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each column, row and square must contain one each of the numbers 1 to 9. β PreviousNext βRelated QuizzesGeneral QuizzesGeneral Knowledge Quiz 1General Knowledge Quiz 2General Knowledge Quiz 3General Knowledge Quiz 4General Knowledge Quiz 5General Knowledge Quiz 6General Knowledge Quiz 7General Knowledge Quiz 8General Knowledge Quiz 9 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books